Nurse Educator

California Specialty Pharmacy,LLC•Chantilly, VA

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About The Position

The Nurse Educator is responsible for introducing and educating hospital-based clinical providers on the company's products and services. This role involves building and maintaining relationships with referral sources, coordinating patient care, and providing patient education and training prior to hospital discharge. The Nurse Educator must ensure a smooth transfer of patients when necessary and maintain strict confidentiality regarding patient information and company proprietary data, adhering to HIPAA guidelines.

Requirements

Current, active and in good standing registered nurse license in the state of employment.
Must be knowledgeable and experienced in all aspects of the specialty field
Must possess: teaching ability, leadership ability, pleasant personality and high professional standards for care.
Must be well organized, be able to set priorities, work independently and must be effective team member.
Must be detail oriented and able to function efficiently in a fast paced work environment
Computer skills required (Windows, CPR+, Office, Teams)

Nice To Haves

3 years nursing experience preferred
Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 5 years professional experience in healthcare preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Responsible for introducing, educating hospital case managers, discharge planners, social workers, metabolic support teams, inpatient pharmacy, hospitalists, emergency room physicians and other hospital based clinically relevant providers on our products and services.
Primary responsibilities will include entry of referral data, including patient demographic, diagnosis and medical history, physician, patient insurance plans, and drug/therapy order information, into the CPR+ system.
Developing and maintaining effective relationships with our hospital partner referral sources, local pharmacy team and corporate intake team.
Establish professional/peer partnership relationships with referral sources (Discharge Planners, Case Managers, Home Health Agencies, Physician Office Nurse).
Initial referral coordination
Perform patient education and training on administration of their therapy treatment and use of associated equipment prior to discharge from the hospital.
Coordinate patient treatment with Home Health Agency and other ancillary service providers
Facilitate transfer of referred patients that will not be admitted to ContinuumRx to another home infusion provider if hospital requests.
Ensure a smooth and complete transfer and proactively communicate with the patient and referral source throughout the process.
Capture pertinent information about all patient transfers for analysis.
Complete understanding of confidentiality with respect to Company proprietary information as well as information concerning patient/client confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) and electronic protected health information (EPHI); and following HIPAA guidelines regarding readily identifiable protected health information.